Obamacare on the ropes, progressives push single payer in California
Progressive grassroots groups are turning their eyes west, where California Democrats are pushing a new bill that would create a statewide single-payer […]
How Accountable Care Organizations Meet Quality Benchmarks
Accountable care organizations need to overcome some major challenges such as the lack of data sharing from hospitals. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) […]
What payers want to know before they commit to exchanges
Insurers, facing a June deadline, are hoping for more assurance from the White House that it will support exchange stability. A lot […]
MGMA Advises New HHS Secretary on MACRA Implementation
MGMA made suggestions to improve various aspects of the healthcare industry that benefit medical groups participating in MACRA implementation. The Medical Group […]
Emergency Coverage Top Healthcare Consumer Demand For Payers
When talking about access to care, healthcare consumers were highly in favor of transparency and want payers to cover emergency services. A […]
The importance of securing patient identity as health IT goes virtual
Normal healthcare concerns become even more pressing with the growing prevalence of virtual care. Health IT solutions must address patient ID challenges […]
7.1M Patients Use Remote Monitoring, Connected Medical Devices
More patients than ever are using connected medical devices to engage in remote monitoring and virtual healthcare. More than seven million patients […]
Cloud healthcare: The connection economy’s next frontier
Welcome to the connection economy: a commercial world based on relationships in which who and what you know beats out tangible assets […]
How Payers Could Assist Primary Care Docs with Value-Based Care
By sharing timely data, healthcare payers could help primary care practices succeed in value-based care. “One of the things I hear from […]
Key Challenges and Solutions of Healthcare Payment Reform
Payers will need to support their provider networks when advancing healthcare payment reform. Healthcare payment reform is becoming more common across payers […]